NFL Week 11 Picks

No question I've been slacking with the blogs lately. All I've been doing is these NFL picks every week. But hey, I've been knocking out some radio shows, calling women's hoops, and some club hockey. Even got to announce a fight last night during the game it was every bit as epic as I imagined it'd be. What does all of this have to do with the NFL in Week 11? Absolutely nothing. So without further ado, the picks:

This Week: 1-0
Last Week: 9-7
Season: 66-73-7
Locks of the Week: 7-3 (Patriots over Jets in Week 10)


Home team in CAPS

FALCONS (-6.5) over Titans


The week after the Patriots went for it on 4th and 2 against the Colts in 2009, they rebounded with a 31-14 win against the Jets. The Falcons situation a week ago is the closest we've seen to Belichick's gamble since it happened. I'm guessing they respond.

Bills (+2.5) over DOLPHINS


The Bills still have an outside shot at a wild-card spot, making this game against the Dolphins a must-win. Despite Buffalo's struggles of late, Fred Jackson is still the NFL's leading rusher and is third in yards per rush, behind only Mike Vick and DeMarco Murray.

RAVENS (-7) over Bengals


No A.J. Green should make things even more difficult for Andy Dalton than they would have been today going up against the Ravens D, which will be without Ray Lewis. Shouldn't matter.

Jaguars (+1.5) over BROWNS


Reading highlights of the Texas game last night, I saw that their quarterback, Case McCoy, was 8 for 16 for a mere 80 yards. It got me thinking, can his older brother Colt surpass that total this afternoon?

VIKINGS (-2) over Raiders


Minnesota can't completely waste a season in which Jared Allen looks sure to break Michael Strahan's single-season sack record, can they? Not to mention another solid performance from Adrian Peterson, who may be asking out of the land of 10,000 lakes any day now.

LIONS (-7) over Panthers


A match-up of probably the two players who are the most fun to play with in this year's Madden, Calvin Johnson and Cam Newton. Johnson's supporting cast is just a bit better than Newton's, is it not?

PACKERS (-13.5) over Buccaneers


I'm slowly resigning myself to the fact that the Patriots 16-0 season is about to be matched, and growing even more frustrated that another team might even be able to finish it off and go 19-0. It would be something else if it was indeed a Packers-Patriots Super Bowl and New England had the chance to prevent it from happening eh?

Cowboys (-7) over REDSKINS
49ERS (-10) over Cardinals


Are there two more frustrating teams to watch than the Redskins and Cardinals? I mean sure the Cards at least have Larry Fitzgerald but other than that is there a single decent offensive player on either roster at this point? Can't over-think these kinds of games; the team with more talent should win. And it's pretty clear both the Boys and 9ers have the talent advantage.

RAMS (-3) over Seahawks


"No comment".

BEARS (-4) over Chargers


Here's what I've realized about the Bears over the past several weeks: they're real, and they're spectacular.

GIANTS (-6) over Eagles


Both Vince Young and Matt Leinart being named their team's starters this week, but unfortunately we'll have to wait until next week to see Leinart play. Or fortunately, depending on how you look at it. I tell ya if you told me after that epic 2006 Rose Bowl that neither Young nor Leinart would succeed in the NFL I would have looked at you as if you had three eyes. Still shocking.

PATRIOTS (-15) over Chiefs


I was pumped for Matt Cassel to make his triumphant return to New England. Instead we get Tyler Palko. I'll probably be focusing more on Bruins-Canadiens tomorrow night as a result.